What is the Tomatometer®?

The Tomatometer rating – based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and
television critics – is a trusted measurement of movie and TV programming quality
for millions of moviegoers. It represents the percentage of professional critic reviews
that are positive for a given film or television show.

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Fresh

The Tomatometer is 60% or higher.

Rotten

The Tomatometer is 59% or lower.

Certified Fresh

Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75% or
higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide-release movies, 40 for
limited-release movies, 20 for TV shows), including 5 reviews from Top Critics.

Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver's reviews (from any publication) always count toward the Tomatometer
because this critic is a Tomatometer-approved critic.

Biography:

Stephen Silver, a writer based in Philadelphia, has been writing movie reviews regularly since 1996. He is a film critic and web producer for Fox 29 in Philadelphia, and was the former film critic and entertainment editor for TechnologyTell. Has work has also appeared in Philadelphia Magazine, Philly.com, Boston Magazine, Screen Rant, New York Press, Patch, the Detroit News, and other outlets. He maintains a blog at SteveSilver.net.